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Israel's "nation state of Jews" law is a "mistake" that will hurt relations with US Jews -- Dershowitz

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"'The legislation was done hastily,' [Finance Minister Moshe] Kahlon said of the bill, passed last week, which his Kulanu party, as a member of the coalition, voted in favor of. 'We made a mistake and we need to fix it.'

"Kahlon indicated that commitments to coalition agreements played a significant role in gaining support for the bill, rather than ideology."

Kahlon said he and others, including Druze members of Knesset opposed to the law, were meeting with PM Benjamin Netanyahu to try to change the law, but reports are that Netanyahu is opposed to any changes.

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Philip Weiss is a longtime writer and journalist in New York. He co-edits a website on Israel/Palestine, Mondoweiss.net, which he founded in order to foster the movement for greater fairness and justice for Palestinians in American foreign policy. He is currently working on a novel about the US in Australia during WW2.

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